Lyle Lovett This Old Porch written by Lyle Lovett
Robert Earl Keen
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This old porch is like a big old red and white Hereford bull
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Standing under a mesquite tree
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Out in Agua Dulce
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And he just keeps on playing hide and seek
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With that hot August sun
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Just a-sweatin' and a-pantin'
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Cause his work is never done
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And this old porch is like a steaming, greasy plate of enchiladas
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With lots of cheese and onions
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And a guacamole salad
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And you can get'em down at the LaSalle Hotel
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In old downtown
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With iced tea and a waitress
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And she will smile every time
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And this old porch is the Palace walk-in
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On the main street of Texas
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That's never seen the day
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Of G and R and Xs
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With that '62 poster
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That's almost faded down
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And a screen without a picture
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Since Giant came to town
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And this old porch is like a weathered, gray-haired
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Seventy years of Texas
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Who's doing all he can
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Not to give in to the city
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And he always takes the rent late
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So long as I run his cattle
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And he picks me up at dinnertime
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And I listen to him rattle
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He says the Brazos still runs muddy
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Just like she's run all along
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And there ain't never been no cane to grind
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The cotton's all but gone
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And you know this brand new Chevrolet
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Hell it was something back in '60
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But now there won't nobody listen to him
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Cause they all think he's crazy
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And this old porch is just a long time
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Of waiting and forgetting
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And remembering the coming back
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And not crying about the leaving
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And remembering the falling down
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And the laughter of the curse of luck
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From all of those passerby
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Who said we'd never get back up
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This old porch is just a long time
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Of waiting and forgetting
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And remembering the coming back
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And not crying about the leaving
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And remembering the falling down
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And the laughter of the curse of luck
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From all of those sons-of-bitches
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Who said we'd never get back up
From Lyle Lovett "Lyle Lovett"
Curb Records 1986